Osteichthyes

Full reference: E. Hitchcock. 1858. Ichnology of New England. A Report on the Sandstone of the Connecticut Valley, Especially its Fossil Footmarks, Made to the Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts xii-214

Parent taxon: Pisces according to E. Hitchcock 1858

Sister taxa: Actinopterygii, Actinopterygii, Andreolepididae, Cephaloxeniformes, Coregonidae, Crenilepis, Cyclotomodon, Dialipiniformes, Ganoidei, Histiothrissinae, Iniomi, Lophosteidae, Megamastax, Naxilepis, Paleopterygii, Pattonia, Pattonia couttsi, Preophiodon, Sarcopterygii, Sparalepis, Tythonichthys, Dipneusta, Lepidoleprus, Charitosaurus, Malacostomata, Teleostomata, Aspidoganoidei, Rhytiodus, Azygostei, Chrondroterygia, Hypostomata, Otolithopsis, Argentinoideorum, Percidarum

Subtaxa: Ptilichnus anomalus Ptilichnus hydrodromus Ptilichnus pectinatus Ptilichnus typographus

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lily Pond Quarry, Gill (Jurassic of Massachusetts)

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